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“Regulatory reforms have reshaped the derivatives market in recent years,” said Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher and editorial director of Global Finance. “With these awards, we honor those firms that continue to redefine themselves within the still-evolving regulatory landscape while creating innovative solutions to meet their clients’ unique needs,” Giarraputo added.

Global Finance editors, with input from industry experts, used a series of criteria—including market share, service and advice, structuring capabilities, distribution network, efforts to address market conditions, innovation, pricing and market reputation—to score and select winners, based on a proprietary algorithm. Contracts enacted in 2015 were considered.

GLOBAL WINNERS

Best Bank for Equity Derivatives

Societe Generale

Best Bank for Credit Derivatives

Citi

Best Bank for Interest-Rate Derivatives

Societe Generale

REGIONAL WINNERS

NORTH AMERICA

Best Bank for Equity Derivatives

Morgan Stanley

Best Bank for Credit Derivatives

Citi

Best Bank for Interest-Rate Derivatives

Citi

WESTERN EUROPE

Best Bank for Equity Derivatives

Societe Generale

Best Bank for Credit Derivatives

BNP Paribas

Best Bank for Interest-Rate Derivatives

Societe Generale

ASIA-PACIFIC

Best Bank for Equity Derivatives

Societe Generale

Best Bank for Credit Derivatives

HSBC

Best Bank for Interest-Rate Derivatives

BNP Paribas

Winners will be honored at an Awards Ceremony conducted the morning of October 8th during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington, DC.

Global Finance, founded in 1987, has a circulation of 50,050 and readers in 180 countries. Its circulation is audited by BPA. Global Finance’s audience includes chairmen, presidents, CEOs, CFOs, treasurers and other senior financial officers responsible for making investment and strategic decisions at multinational companies and financial institutions. Global Finance also targets the 8,000 international portfolio investors responsible for more than 80% of all global assets under professional management.

Its website — GFMag.com — offers analysis and articles that are the heritage of 29 years of experience in international financial markets, and provides a valuable source of data on 192 countries. Global Finance is headquartered in New York, with offices in London and Milan.